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SUBROUTINE RAMOPEN

 RAMOPEN (1) translates the local name "RM" to determine the ramtek device number, (2) allocates the ramtek device, (3) assigns a channel to the Ramtek device, and (4) opens the channel I/O. Returns the channel number or -1 if device is not available. This is routine is called by RPLOTS which is called by FRAME. RAMOPEN initializes the REF array.

CALL RAMOPEN(ic,it,id,ie)

ic   (I): returned channel number
it   (I): Ramtek device code input
          = 1 1280x1024 Ramtek
          = 2 512x512 Ramtek
id   (I): returned Ramtek device number
ie   (I): (returned) error code



David Long
Wed Jun 12 10:34:11 MDT 1996